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All Clear

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017

For those of you that do read this blog, you will know that following the end of my chemotherapy in January I had a scan to determine whether the original cancer had spread or in fact had been caught and […]

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The Frustrations of Wellness

February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

There have been a few points over the last nine months at which the pace of my recovery has not matched my un realistic expectations.  I have had to learn to slow down at times and accept each small step, […]

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The Day After The Last Day

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

I took this image last weekend as part of a challenge set via a group I am part of on Facebook.  I chose the hat and sleepy pose because it summed up how I have felt over the past few […]

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Posted by Andrew WilliamsTagged Chemotherapy, recovery, weepy 1 Comment
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#11

December 30, 2016December 30, 2016

This is dose number 11 of 12 and it’s the day before the last day of 2016. I am joined today by a select band of other chemo patients as we are pumped and primed with good poisons.  We are […]

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Posted by Andrew WilliamsTagged Bum, Chemotherapy, recovery 4 Comments
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Groundhog Day

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

I apologise for the lack of posts recently, but to be honest not much has happened that warrants sharing with the wider world.  And that my friends is the point of this post. Until you experience it, there is nothing […]

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Posted by Andrew WilliamsTagged Boredom, cancer, recovery 5 Comments
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Chemo Day 4 The Movie

September 15, 2016September 16, 2016

If the video won’t play automatically on this page click here to view it on YouTube. The last couple of weeks have been pretty normal and busy as we sent off child number 2 to university and received back child […]

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It’s A Small World

September 2, 2016

I live in a wonderful place, a small rural village in Somerset, where the sense of community still exists.  Farmers still cultivate the land, race through the village on huge tractors with little regard for the laws of the road […]

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It’s all change, I think

August 19, 2016

I find myself in a rather contemplative mood this morning, post second chemo dose.  At this time of the year I am usually gearing up for the start of a new academic term.  Some brave (others may say foolish) governing […]

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Look How Perky You Are

August 15, 2016August 14, 2016

I am constantly surprised by the surprise that people show when they meet me.  Most who have heard about my situation, seem to be amazed that I am walking around, doing normal things and looking like me.  In fact one […]

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First Dose Done

August 7, 2016

So the first dose of chemotherapy has now coursed through my veins and I have been detached from my mobile pump and am free to frolic the hills and valleys of Somerset for a few days.  No real ill-effects so far, […]

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